Euro 2020: Robert Lewandowski is Poland’s plan A, B and C

The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year in 2020 Robert Lewandowski has only scored two goals at three major tournaments combined, however, and will have a tough task this time with Poland facing Slovakia (June 14), Spain (June 19) and Sweden (June 23) in Group E.

Robert Lewandowski may not rank quite as high as Diego Maradona or Cristiano Ronaldo in the list of all-time greats but he is as vital to Poland as the Argentine was to his national team in the 1980s or the Portuguese is to the Euro 2016 champions. “You represent the pride of a nation and are an inspiration for millions of people,” Paulo Sousa told Lewandowski shortly after taking over as Poland coach. If Sousa wants his team to shine at the Euros he will need the Bayern Munich striker to repeat the form he showed in the Bundesliga this season, in which he broke the league record of 40 goals scored in a single campaign. The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year in 2020 has only scored two goals at three major tournaments combined, however, and will have a tough task this time with Poland facing Slovakia (June 14), Spain (June 19) and Sweden (June 23) in Group E. Few could have predicted the impact the Warsaw-born striker would make when he scored on his international debut against San Marino in 2008. Lewandowski has since joined an exclusive club of players synonymous with their national teams like Maradona, Ronaldo and Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahamovic.